Substitute

Definition: Substitute

Substitute

Adjective

1. Being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team.

2. Capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder".

3. Artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "coffee substitute".

Noun

1. A person or thing that takes or can take the place of another.

2. An athlete who plays only when another member of the team drops out.

3. Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins".

Verb

1. Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk".

2. Be a substitute.

3. Act as a substitute for.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "substitute" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Computing

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Substitute

Deputy

Noun: deputy, substitute, vice, proxy, locum tenens, badli, delegate, representative, next friend, surrogate, secondary.

Substitute

Noun: substitute; deputy; badli.

Substitution

Verb: substitute, put in the place of, change for; make way for, give place to; supply the place of, take the place of; supplant, supersede, replace, cut out, serve as a substitute; step into stand in the shoes of; jury rig, make a shift with, put up with; borrow from Peter to pay Paul, take money out of one pocket and put it in another, cannibalize; commute, redeem, compound for.

Substitute, ersatz, makeshift, temporary expedient, replacement, succedaneum; shift, pis aller, stopgap, jury rigging, jury mast, locum tenens, warming pan, dummy, scapegoat; double; changeling; quid pro quo, alternative.

Transfer

Abalienate; disinherit; dispossess; substitute.

Crosswords: Substitute

The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes. (references; author: unknown)

Septuagenarian Substitute Ball (1970)

No Substitute for Victory (1970)

Sweet Substitute (1964)

The Substitute Wife (1925)

Bobby Bumps Gets a Substitute (1916)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Classroom Management for Substitute Teachers (reference)

• Instant Success for Classroom Teachers: New and Substitute Teachers Grades K Through 8 (reference)

• Substitute for Love (reference)

• Substitute Teacher Handbook 9-12 (reference)

• Substitute Teacher Plans (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Sub Journal For Personnel Responsible For Substitute Teaching (reference)

• Seminar Substitute (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Substitute 2: School's Out (reference)

• The Substitute/The Substitute 3 (reference)

• Joanie Bartels - Simply Magic, Episode 2: The Extra-Special Substitute Teacher (reference)

• My So-Called Life: "The Substitute," "Why Jordan Can't Read" (reference)

• The Substitute Wife (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Original Delaney & Bonnie: Accept No Substitute (reference)

• Substitute for Love - Music Experience in 3-Dimensional Sound Reality (TM), 5.1 Music Disc [DTS SURROUND SOUND] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The lasagna is made with spinach (as a substitute for meat), whole wheat pasta and low fat cheeses. This was a poster in "The Healthy Eating Tips" series. See artwork: PV-30. Credit: Len Rizzi (photographer).

... the game ... is specially made for blind children who have to substitute the sense of touch for that of sight. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by J. Mohr..

Prevention is essential to protect life and there is no substitute for vaccination and immunization. / WHO/UNICEF photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Wanted a substitute. Credit: Library of Congress.

He possessed a capable substitute in the steamer's big bell. Credit: Library of Congress.

The substitute. Credit: Library of Congress.

Victory food from American waters. Captain John Riberia, on the fishing trawler Old Glory, checks a sea chart in his cabin. His catch will be rosefish, a variety many housewives will substitute for canned sardines, salmon and mackerel, which are needed fo. Credit: Library of Congress.

Substitute materials. Timber connectors. A lookout tower in the Shawnee National Forest in Illinois. This 100-foot tower is constructed of wood, made possible by the use of timber connectors. Credit: Library of Congress.

Migrant workers' camp, outskirts of Marysville, California. The new migratory camps now being built by the Resettlement Administration will remove people from unsatisfactory living conditions such as these and substitute at least the minimum of comfort an. Credit: Library of Congress.

Southfields, New York. Interracial activities at Camp Nathan Hale, where children are aided by the Methodist Camp Service. Saturday night substitute. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And if the father die, and fail to substitute a deputy in his trust; if he hath not provided a tutor, to govern his son, during his minority, during his want of understanding, the law takes care to do it; some other must govern him, and be a will to him, till he hath attained to a state of freedom, and his understanding be fit to take the government of his will. (Second Treatise of Government)

Every person whom the French State may substitute for itself as regards the whole or part of its rights to the exploitation of the mines and their accessories and subsidiaries shall enjoy the benefit of the privileges provided in this Annex. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

From the moment that Marius was the substitute, Cosette would not have regretted God.

These nuts, as far as they went, were a good substitute for bread.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

But they are no substitute for a regular primary care doctor. (references)

This information is not a substitute for a visit to your doctor. (references)

Substitute pretzels, unbuttered popcorn, or breadsticks instead. (references)

Business

It can be used as a substitute for stone. (references)

It is expected that the local production would completely substitute the imported raw materials in near future. (references)

However, FDA approval is not currently recognized as a substitute for approval by German or any other EU authorities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Malta

In October a Commissioner for Refugees and an appeals board composed of three members as well as a substitute was appointed to comply with the law; during the year, it met with UNHCR officials to set up a local refugee eligibility procedure. (references)

Ukraine

The Government had not yet implemented a substitute informational register by year's end and while fines for residence were no longer applied, information was insufficient at year's end to determine whether individuals who had not been registered had access to the social benefits they had been denied previously. (references)

Finland

The Education Ministry's decision can be appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court; however, the Scientologists have not yet done so. Instruction in the tenets of the state religions is incorporated into the curriculum of all public schools; however, students who are not members of the state churches may substitute general classes on religion and philosophy. (references)

Economic History

Australia

There is no substitute for a first-hand look. (references)

Romania

The substitute for Romtelecom's phone lines is coax cable. (references)

Spain

Since utilization of animal fats is now more restrictive, more soybean oil will be used as a substitute. (references)

Human Rights

Colombia

The civilian Criminal Procedure Code authorizes restriction to a military base as an acceptable substitute for imprisonment when military jails or prisons are unavailable. (references)

Political Economy

HONDURAS

Investment Barriers: The Honduran Constitution requires that all foreign investments complement, but not substitute for, national investment. (references)

COLOMBIA

Thirteen basic agricultural commodities including wheat, sorghum, corn, rice, barley, milk, and chicken parts, and an additional 150 commodities considered substitute or related products are subject to tariffs calculated under the price-band system. (references)

Political Rights

Mexico

However, in practice, women more often were put forward as substitute candidates who have little chance of serving unless the titular candidate leaves office. (references)

Trade

Colombia

The agreement has been an effective instrument in attracting foreign investment to Latin America countries and in the case of U.S. firms, helped to substitute for OPIC during the time Colombia was decertified. (references)

Hungary

License holders have the option to make a customs declaration with an incomplete or a substitute document (even electronically), or have customs clearing on the spot if the license holder starts customs processing without the involvement of a customs officer. (references)

Travel

Peru

Travelers in Peru should always substitute bottled beverages for potentially contaminated water. (references)

Brazil

Correspondence and product literature should be in Portuguese, and English is preferred as a substitute over Spanish. (references)

Thailand

An importer can use the letter of guarantee as a substitute to the import entry form and the payment guarantee . The importer must complete the carnet import/re-export document and submit it to Customs officers at Thailand's port of entry . The Customs officers will inspect the goods, keep a copy of the import entry form and return the carnet book to the importer . If the goods are not taken out within the period of time stated in the contract, the guarantor will have to pay duty, a 10 percent penalty, and any applicable fees . For further information, please contact the Privilege Goods and Investment Promotion Sub-Division tel: (662) 249-4150, fax: (662) 249-4212. (references)

Women

Spain

Employers are exempted from paying social security benefits to temporary workers who substitute for workers on leave for maternity, child adoption, or similar circumstances. (references)

Worker Rights

Vietnam

However, the ordinance permits citizens to excuse themselves from this obligation by finding a substitute or paying a fee. (references)

Mozambique

Provisions of the Labor Law forbid retribution against strikers, the hiring of substitute workers, and lockouts by employers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "substitute": bad substitute ♦ coffee substitute ♦ emergency substitute ♦ substitute 'a' by 'b' ♦ substitute 'a' for 'b' ♦ substitute character ♦ substitute for ♦ substitute for smb. ♦ substitute goods ♦ substitute smth. for smth. ♦ temporary substitute. Additional references.

Beginning with "substitute": substitute-gratification, substitute-mothering.

Ending with "substitute": bailie-substitute, bone-substitute, court-substitute, farmer-substitute, father-substitute, job-substitute, mother-substitute, parent-substitute, peat-substitute, sheriff-substitute.

Afrikaans

vervang (replace, take the place of). (various references)

Albanian

surrogat (analogue, bastard, ersatz, mock, replacement, surrogate), zëvendësues (acting, adjunct, deputy, ersatz, expletive, fill in, locum tenens, makeshift, stand by, stand in, stopgap, substitution, surrogate), zëvendësoj (act for, commute, cover, deputize, displace, double, interchange, make up for, pre empt, replace, supersede, supplant, understudy), zëvendësim (commutation, displacement, exchange, metathesis, pre emption, replacement, substitution), zëvendës (deputy, first mate, lieutenant, locum tenens, vicar). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ناب (canine, cuspid, fang, represent, sub, tooth, tusk), ‏قائمقام, ‏حل محل آخر, ‏عوض (atone, indemnity, make, make amends, make up, make up for, offset, recompense, recoup, recuperate, redeem, reimburse, remunerate, requital, restore, retrieve, satisfy, setoff), ‏إستعاض, ‏إستبدل (change, commute, displace, exchange, replace, stand in, subrogate), ‏بديل (alternative, ersatz, in exchange for, replacement, standing by, surrogate), ‏بدل (allowance, apposition, change, exchange, lieu, quid pro quo, recompense, shift, sit, supersede, switch, treadle). (various references)

Bulgarian 

сурогат (imitation, surrogate), заместване (substitution), замествам (act for, deputize, preempt, represent, supersede, supply), заместник (alternate, deputy, lieutenant, pinch hitter, proxy, replacement, secondary, stand by, stand in, sub, succedaneum, successor, surrogate, vice, vicegerent), заместител (analog, analogue, makeshift, stand in, sub, substituent, succedaneum, surrogate), заменям (commute, exchange, replace, supersede, trade, trade off), ерзац, подменям (replace). (various references)

Chinese 

取而代之 (remove and replace), 替补, 取代 (to replace, to supplant), 充 (fill, fulfill, full, satisfy, sufficient, to act in place of), 代替者 , 代 (age, dynasty, era, generation, geological era, period, replace). (various references)

Czech

zastupovat (deputize, represent), zástupce (agent, alternate, deputy, lawyer, procurator, proxy, representative), podstrèit (palm on), nahradit (compensate, make good, make up for, recompense, recover, redeem, refund, reimburse, repay, replace, retrieve, supersede, supplant, supply), náhradník (alternate, reserve player, stand in, standby, sub, surrogate, understudy), náhradní (compensatory, spare, standby), náhrada (compensation, premium, recompense, recovery, redress, reimbursement, restitution, substitution, surrogate), náhražka (ersatz). (various references)

Danish

surrogat (equivalent), vikar (replacement, substitute teacher), laerervikar (replacement, substitute teacher), imitation (imitation), erstatningsprodukt (product replacement, product substitution, replacement, substitution, surrogate), erstatningsmaterial (imitation material). (various references)

Dutch

inboeten (replace), in de plaats stellen van (replace). (various references)

Esperanto

substitui, anstataŭigi (replace). (various references)

Farsi 

تعویض کردن (Put, Shift, Supplant), تعویض (Refill, Replacement, Shift, Switch, Turnover), عوض (Lieu, Recompense, Reparation, Stead, Surrogate), جانشین کردن (Swap), جانشین (Deputy, Pinch, Relief, Surrogate, Vicar, Vicarious), جابجاکردن (Dislocate, Displace, Heave, Replace, Reposit, Supplant, Unhorse), بدل (Apposition, Brassy, False, Spurious). (various references)

Finnish

sijainen (deputy, locum, stand-in), viransijainen (deputy), vastike (compensation), korvike, korvata (balance, compensate, replace), kesäsijainen. (various references)

French

substituer, remplacer (sub for smb., supersede), remplaçant. (various references)

German

vertretung (agency, holding, legation, proxy, replacement, representation, representational party, representativeness, supporting), substituieren (replace). (various references)

Greek 

υποκατάστατο (ersatz), υποκαθιστώ. (various references)

Hebrew 

ממלא מקום (acting, deputy, replacing, stand in, stopgap, sub, understudy, vicarious), מלוי מקום (replacement, substitution, understudy), מחליף (relief, stand in), למלא מקום (fill in, relieve, replace, spell, sub), לתחלף, לעמו�" אחרי (replace), לחלף (change, replace), ל�"מיר (change, convert, exchange), ל�"חליף (alternate, change, commute, exchange, interchange, pinchhit, replace, switch, swop, trade in), תחליף (alternative, ersatz, makeshift, replacement, spare, substitution, surrogate), חליפי (exchangeable, interchangeable, vicarious), כפר�" (absolution, atonement, expiation, forgiveness, indulgence). (various references)

Hungarian

pótszer (surrogate), helyettesítő (vicarious). (various references)

Indonesian

pengganti (alternate, lieu, surogate), ganti (over, replacement), badal (representative). (various references)

Italian

surrogato (ersatz, makeshift, surrogate), supplente (supply teacher, temporary), succedaneo (imitation material, supplement, supplementary feed, surrogate). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

代物 (affair, article, fellow, goods, thing), 代え (proxy), 代わり (alternate, compensation, deputy, proxy, relief, second helping), 代り (alternate, compensation, deputy, proxy, relief, second helping), 代人 (agent, deputy, proxy, representative), 代�"��"� , 代理 (acting, agency, agent, alternate, attorney, deputy, proxy, representation), サフラン�"� (knapsack), minor characters, sabot, sabotage, Sabrina pants, sand, sub, sub notebook, sub promenade, sub reader, sub sack, subbank, subculture, subdomain, sub-goal, sub-graph, subhead, subject, subleader, sublet, subliminal ad, submanager, submarine, submarine pitcher, sub-menu, subnet, subnetting, sub-network, sub-pattern, sub-process, subroutine, sub-set, substance, sub-system, subteen, subtitle, subtrack, subway, supplement, supplier, supply, to be idle, to be truant, to sabotage by slowness, zephyr lily), 代理者 (agent, alternate, attorney, deputy, proxy, representative), 身代わり (sacrifice, scapegoat), 代講 (lecturing), 副 (above all, additional, assistant, associate, auxiliary, collateral, copy, deputy, duplicate, especially, sub-, supplementary, vice-), 替え (alteration, change), 替え玉 (double), 置換 , 置換え , 代理人 (agent, alternate, attorney, deputy, proxy, representative). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おきかえ, ふく (additional, assistant, associate, auxiliary, bend down, clothes, collateral, compound, copy, crawl, crouch, deputy, double, duplicate, fall prostrate, good fortune, hide, lie down, prostrate oneself, stoop, sub-, submit to, supplementary, to blow, to dry, to emit, to spout, to wipe, vice-, yield to), かわり (a replacement, a turn, alteration, alternate, an exchange transaction, change, compensation, deputy, difference, proxy, relief, second helping, strangeness), かえ� ま (double), かえ (alteration, change, changing, proxy, rate of exchange), サブ (sub), みがわり (a substitute, sacrifice, scapegoat, substitution), ちか�" (flaccid, masher, molester, pervert, relaxation), � いぶつ (large statue of Buddha), � いに�" (acting official, adult, agency, agent, deputy, proxy, representative), � い�"う (acting as agent, I, lecturing), � いりしゃ (agent, alternate, attorney, deputy, proxy, representative), � いりに�" (agent, alternate, attorney, deputy, proxy, representative), � いり (acting, agency, agent, alternate, attorney, deputy, imperial palace, proxy, representation), � いようひ�". (various references)

Korean 

대용�'�. (various references)

Manx

ynnydee (assignee, commissary, locum tenens, procurator, proxy), foalsey (affected, bogus, counterfeit, dud, dummy, ersatz, fallacious, false, feigned, forged, hollow, hollow of victory, hypocritical, perfidious, pinchbeck, sham, spurious, suppositious, tinsel, treacherous, two-faced, wrong, wrong as note), cur ayns ynnyd jeh (replace, replacement). (various references)

Papiamen

substituí (replace), remplasá (replace). (various references)

Pig Latin

ubstitutesay

Portuguese

substituir (displace, exist, relay, relieve, renew, replace, shift, stand in for, supersede, supplant, take the place of), sucedâneo (ersatz, surrogate). (various references)

Romanian

surogat (apology, composition, counterfeit, succedaneum, surrogate), supleant (deputy), substitui (replace), schimba (alter, change, chop, commute, convert into, exchange, fashion, improve, interchange, modify, renew, replace, shift, supersede, supplant, swap, transfigure, transform, transmogrify, transmute, turn, vary), schimb (barter, change, compensation, exchange, I change, pair, relay, relief, return, shift, spell, swap, swop, truck), rezervã (aloofness, budget, chill, condition, deposit, distance, exception, hoard, offishness, qualification, refill, reservation, reserve, restraint, retention, side-room, stand by, standoffishness, stipulation, stock, store, supply), expedient (expedient, makeshift, shift), delegat (authorized, commissary, delegate, deputy, mandatory, proxy, representative), înlocuitor (acting, deputy, locum tenens, makeshift, surrogate), înlocuire (change, commutation, displacement, renewal, replacement, substitution). (various references)

Russian 

заместитель (alternator, surrogate, vice), замещать (act for, fill in, fill out, override, replace, stand in for, stand up to, subbed, subrogate, supply), замена (change, commutation, exchange, makeshift, replacement, stand in, substitution, supersedence, supersedure), заменитель (ersatz, surrogate). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zameniti (commute, exchange, fill in, mistake, replace, supersede, supplant, switch, switch over), zamenik (assistant, associate, deputy, fill in, lieutenant, locum tenens, nizam, stand in, standby, substitution, vicar), rezervni igrač. (various references)

Spanish

sustituto (alternate, deputy, ersatz, replacement, surrogate), sustituir (replace, supersede), suplente (alternate, deputy, makeweight, replacement, reserve, stand in, surrogate, understudy), sucedáneo (ersatz, surrogate), substituir (replace, take the place of). (various references)

Swedish

vikarie (deputy, fill in, locum tenens, pinch hitter, secondary, supply, supply teacher, understudy), surrogat (ersatz, surrogate), suppleant (deputy), substitut. (various references)

Turkish

yerini almak (cut in, oust, relay, replace, sit in for, subrogate, supersede, supplant, take one's place), yerine kullanmak, yerine geçmek (displace, replace, stand for, sub, subrogate, succeed, supersede, supplant, take smb.'s place, take the place of), yerine geçirmek (subrogate), yerine geçen kimse (incomer, replacement, supply, surrogate), yedek oyuncu, yedek (backup, donkey, duplicate, jury, pilot, refill, replacement, reserve, reserve service, reservist, spare, stand by), vekil (administrator, alternate, assignee, attorney, commissary, commissioner, delegate, deputy, lieutenant, locum, locum tenens, minister, nominee, proxy, representative, stand in, supply, surrogate, vicar, vice, vice gerent), temsilci (agent, ambassador, commissionaire, coryphaeus, delegate, deputy, emissary, envoy, nominee, rep, representative, spokesman), ihtiyat (backlog, caution, cautiousness, deliberation, discretion, precaution, prudence, reserve, reserve service, spare, vigilance, wariness), bedel (compensation, consideration, equivalent, forfeit, offset, pay, price, purchase money, quid pro quo, quittance, rate, requital, substitutional, wages, worth), başka sözcüğün yerine geçen sözcük. (various references)

Turkmen 

tдzelenmek (renew, replace). (various references)

Ukrainian

замісник, заміщати (fill in), заміняти (replace, supersede), заміна (alternate, change, commutation, exchange, makeshift, quits, substitution). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vật thay thế (commutator, replacement), người thay thế (alternate, commutator, lieutenant, locum, locum tenens, sub). (various references)

tuh. (various references)

imitor, muta, mutabatur, mutaberis, mutabis, mutabit, mutabitur, mutabo, mutabunt, mutabuntur, mutans, mutant, mutantem, mutantur, mutare, mutaret, mutari, mutarit, mutasset, mutat, mutata, mutate, mutato, mutatoque, mutatoria, mutatum, mutatur, mutatus, mutaverit, mutaverunt, mutavit, mutent, mutet, mutetur, muto, mutor, subponamus, subponens, subponere, subponit, subposito, subpositus, subposuerat, subposuerunt, subposuit, suppono subpono, vicarium, vicarius. (various references)

lieu tenant. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "substitute": substituted, substitutes. (additional references)

Words containing "substitute": disubstituted, trisubstituted. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Substitute" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: subsitute, substitude, substitue, substitut, substitutue, supstitute. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: bustiest.

-3 letters: busiest, butties, subsite, subtest, tubists, tutties.

-4 letters: busies, buttes, bututs, subset, suites, testis, tissue, tubist, tuttis.

-5 letters: bests, bises, bites, bitts, buses, busts, butes, butte, butts, butut, etuis, issue, setts, sites, situs, stets, sties, stubs, suets, suite, suits, tests, tubes, tutti, tutus.

+1 letter: substituent, substituted, substitutes.

+2 letters: substituents, substitutive.

+3 letters: disubstituted, substitutable.

+4 letters: substitutively, trisubstituted.

+5 letters: unsubstantiated.